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m E T S L E D A L H SINK REFUSE SCOOP Filed May 1 1, 1954 IN V EN TORPatented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES eA'rsNT OFFICE 10 Claims.

This invention relates to a scoop more particularly intended as akitchen utensil to be used for handling garbage, but also capable ofbeing used for other purposes. 7

An object of the invention is to provide a scoop of the kind statedwhich will be of a sanitary character and which combines with itssanitary features improved means for draining surplus liquid from therefuse or garbage being removed by its use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a scoop for household usewhich is furnished with means to lift by suction small, flat objectsthat could not be readily picked up by scoop, dust pan or shovel.

Still another object is to provide an improved sanitary cover member forthe purpose of completely housing in the garbage being conveyed by thescoop.

- Yet'other objects, advantages and featuresoi invention may hereinafterappear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates what is atpresent deemed to be ,a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the'deviceillustrating the manualmanipulation thereof.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental front elevation illustrating the relation of thecover member when closed to the front part of the scoop body.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the container or body portion 5 ofthe scoop is desirably composed of sheet metal and is shown having agenerally rectangular floor 6 furnished at the back with an upstandingwall I and at each side with an upright wall 8, said walls 8 being eachdownwardly inclined at 8 at the front end of the scoop. These threewalls are preferably formed as flanges, being parts of the same sheet ofmetal as the floor or bottom member 6. The rear corners of the scoop maybe chamfered as indicated at 1c.

The scoop body 5 is furnished with a twisted wire handle shank In, saidwire being desirably made of two strands Illa, and the upper edges ofthe wall members 1, 1c, and 8 are shown curled over thus forming, alongthe upstanding sides of the scoop, a continuous tubular member l2 whichgrips each strand lfla of the wire member ID. The outer end portion ofthe member IE3 is embedded in the handle proper !3.

A resilient cover plate l5, provided with a mounting and operatingmember I6, is arranged to be swung to and from a closing position withan ordinary relation to the scoop body. Said member l6 has secured to itintermediate its ends a clip I 1 which is pivoted at l8 to a bracket I9secured to the front end portion of the handle proper l3.

The member l6, like the handle shank Ill, is 5 shown, made of atwo-strand twisted wire, said wire having a looped end portion 2|,covered by a sheet metal clip 2la, to form a thumb hold at one side ofthe pivot l8, and having attached thereto, at the other side of saidpivot, one end 10 of a, tension spring 22, the opposite end of saidspring being attached to the handle shank [0.

Therefore by pressing the thumb upon the clip Zia the operator may liftthe cover plate l5 to the open position against the opposition of thespring 22.

The coverplate I5 is made sufficiently narrow to fit between the sidewalls 8 when said cover is in the closed position. To the outer edgeportion of said plate [5 is secured an elastic lip member 25, preferablya, sheet or thin plate of rubber, having corrugations or scallops 26along its outer edge. Said lip is shown attached to the cover plate l5by means of a clamping plate 27 and rivets 28, the flat end body portionof said 25 member 25 being gripped between the plates 15 and 27, and itscorrugated portion 26 projecting beyond the outer edge of the coverplate and also above and below the plane thereof.

The scoop floor or bottom 6 is also shown pro- 30 vided with a lipmember 30 consisting of a somewhat flexible rubber plate, which isclamped to the edge portion of the bottom plate 6 by means of anoverlying clamping plate 3| and rivets 32. Said cover lip 25 comes intoa superimposed relation to the lip 30 when the cover is closed, thisarrangement adapting the device for more readily draining the liquidfrom the garbage in the scoop, each of the corrugations 26 providing avent passage 26a under the closed cover for this purpose.

When the cover plate I 5 is permitted to assume the closed positionunder the urge of the spring 22, it presses down upon any garbagecontained within the scoop and thus squeezes the garbage sufiiciently tocause the water or other liquid to exude therefrom and, (assuming thatthe scoop is held in a downwardly tilted position) to flow out thru thevent passages 26a under the corrugations 26.

The tensility of the spring 22 also causes the corrugations 26 to pressagainst the opposite lip- 32 with sufficient force to assume a collapsedposition thus modifying the size of the openings between saidcorrugations and said lip 30 to prevent foul, solid or semi-solid matterfrom exuding therethru when it is desired to drain the garbage contentsof the scoop by holding the device with the mouth thereof directeddownwardly.

The corrugated rubber portion of the cover, (being of a resilientlyflexible character) also adapts it for being used to pick up adhesivelysmall objects such as tea leaves and the like from a sink bottom orplane damp surface on account of the reflex action of the corrugationsas they assume their normal position after being depressed, the scoopbeing held in an inverted position when this is done. The groovesbetween the corrugations deepen as the pressure is relaxed thus causinga gripping action upon objects within them as the corrugations reassumetheir original form.

I claim:

1. In a scoop of the class described, a container having a handle memberattached thereto, and a cover for said container pivotally mounted uponsaid handle member, said cover having a resilient or elastic corrugatedportion adapted for use in picking up small objects on account of thereflex action of the elastic portion as the same assumes its originalposition after being abnormally constrained.

2. A scoop of the class described having a cover plate furnished with acorrugated lip of elastic sheet material adapted for use in picking upsmall objects by depressing it and then permitting it to assume itsoriginal position.

3. A device of. the class described comprising a scoop provided with asomewhat resilient lip, and a cover pivotally connected therewith formovement to and from a closed position with said scoop, said coverhaving a corrugated lip portion adapted to be brought into intimatecompressed relation with said lip to provide drainage of liquid from thecontents of the scoop while said cover is closed.

4. A device of the class described having a scoop, a cover platehingedly connected therewith and movable into a closing position withsaid scoop to compress the contents thereof, said cover plate having acollapsible corrugated portion adapted to be brought into intimatecontact with said scoop to provide passages for draining said device.

5. A device of the class described comprising a scoop having upstandingside walls and a pivotally mounted cover plate having a working fltbetween said walls, said cover plate having a body portion which flexeslongitudinally whereby to adapt it to conform itself more closely to thecontents of the scoop, and having also a corrugated lip portion ofelastic material to provide seepage passages between the cover and thescoop when said cover and said scoop are brought into intimate relation,and means urging said cover plate and said scoop toward each other.

6. In a device of the character described, a scoop, a cover for saidscoop, a lip carried by the scoop and a corrugated lip carried by saidcover, and means tending to collapse the corrugations of the coveragainst the lip of the scoop.

7. In a device of the class described, a scoop, and a flexible coverplate hingedly connected with said scoop, said cover plate having acollapsible corrugated lip.

8. In a kitchen utensil, a garbage collector comprisinga scoop, aflexible cover plate hingedly connected with said scoop, and meansautomatically urging the free edge of said plate into intimate contactwith said scoop while a part of said plate nearer its hinge remainsunsupported whereby said plate is caused to flex longitudinally.

9. In a kitchen utensil, a garbage collector comprising a scoop portionand a lid portion, a flexible lip carried by said scoop and a flexiblecorrugated lip carried by said lid, and means urging the collapse of thecorrugations against the lip of the scoop whereby to provide seepagepassages for draining the contents of the scoop.

10. A garbage collecting utensil comprising a scoop section and a lidsection hinged to said scoop section, said lid section having a lipportiorr consisting of a resiliently flexible corrugated sheet materialadapted to adhere to and remove thin light objects from a plane surface.

HERMAN L. ADELSTEIN.

